St. Luke’s Episcopal Parish

Founded 1728, when the Provincial Council in Annapolis granted a petition to establish the present parish. <br><br>St. Luke’s, the oldest brick church in the State with its original structure, was completed, 1732, at the cost of 140,000 pounds of tobacco. From 1692 until 1732 services were held in the up river chapel, located on the present site. <br><br>All records are preserved intact, including births, baptisms, marriages, burials, vestry meetings and special occasions.